Wednesday 20 April 2011

Day 2 British Cemetery

Well up and out at 6.20 already 35 degrees.We started off around the grounds of the hotel birds included
Brahminy & Black Kite
House & Large-billed Crow
Common Sandpiper
Pond Heron
Magpie Robin
Golden Oriole
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Jungle Myna
Black Drongo
White-browed & Red whiskered Bulbul
Common Tailorbird
Asian Palm Swift

God with this heat would i cope with it but the humidity made it worse,after Breakfast we set off upto the British Cemetery where i was promised by Mandy some great birds and she wasn't wrong,But the Cemetry itself was locked up.
Birds included
Magpie & Indian Robin
Red wattled Lapwing
Black & Brahminy Kite
Eurasian Crag Martin
Wire-tailed Swallow
Ashy Prinia
White-rumped Munia
House Crow
Gull-billed Tern
Purple-rumped Sunbird
White-cheeked Barbet
Ring-necked & Plum-headed Parakeet
Common Myna
Black-rumped Flameback
House Sparrow
Red-whiskered & White-browed Bulbul

with the heat getting too much we set back to the hotel for some cold drinks and more birding by the pool.
With Wire-tailed Swallow
Eurasian Crag Martin
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Gull-billed Tern
Osprey flew high over
Pond Heron
Large-billed & House Crow
Common Sandpiper

with the heat starting to drop and being more comfortable we left the cameras behind and went for a stroll down to the Harbour
House Crows ever present
White-browed Wagtail
Osprey
Common Sandpiper
Gull-billed Tern
Wire-tailed Swallow
Rock Pigeon
Magpie Robin

Common Sandpiper

Golden Oriole

Golden Oriole

Golden Oriole

House Crow

White-cheeked Barbet

Red whiskered Bulbul

Red whiskered Bulbul

Red wattled Lapwing

Red wattled Lapwing

Indian Robin - female with food 

Indian Robin - Female at nest

Three striped Palm Squirrel

Purple-rumped Sunbird

Mandy - chilled out birding

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